[16YearOldWoodturner]

After making the standard ferret hunter with nonstandard materials, I fell in love with the design as a all in one carry option in such a small package. It is my favorite rabbit setup, however, the bands that I keep on the standard FH don't lend themselves very well to plinking and mid range target shooting(35 to 50ft). So I too the opportunity to redesign it(sorry not sorry Bill) so i could use 1842 and 1745 tube in a OTT configuration. I started with the normal template and widened the fork gap to 60mm while shortening the forks to 15mm each. doing so provides me with a much larger fork gap for snap shooting and quick draws. i then went to the wood pile and selected a nice piece of red cedar and cherry wood. I glued these to some 1/4 inch baltic brick plywood using titebond 2 and a generous amount of clamps.

after tracing on the template I started to cut. then I took a picture.

rough rasping done

final product after sanding and 3 coats of Boiled Linseed Oil with 600 grit sanding in between. I also added 1/8 brass pins for style points and added strength.
I will be banding it up with 8inches of 1745 with a warrior navy seal pouch and shooting it right after I post this. Wish me luck.

 

[JASling]

Great work

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[Island made]

Awesome job! That’s beautiful man.

 

[16YearOldWoodturner]

Awesome job! That's beautiful man.

Thanks island, your brassy got me ordering some 1/4 inch brass slabs for a slingshot.

Great work
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thanks JA

 

[Bill Hays]

Really nice work!

And Dude/s, one of the reasons I posted stuff in the templates section in the first place was so that people could build and modify to their own tastes... that's the reason I posted in simple drawings and not in CAD type images... it helps to "unconfine" your brain, or as some would say "think outside the box"

 

[SLING-N-SHOT]

great job, looks good for sure.

 

[M Mars]

Nice work. Looks great.
Thanks Bill

 

[Island made]

Awesome job! That's beautiful man.

Thanks island, your brassy got me ordering some 1/4 inch brass slabs for a slingshot.

Great work
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thanks JA

Awesome!! Glad you like it. Brass is fun and easy to work with. I love how this forum inspires people. This post is really making me want to get my wood working stuff set back up lol.

 

[flipgun]

Well done!

 

[StringSlap]

Great job on that!

 

[crypter27]

Fine craftsmanship